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ALARA and Health Physics Team Leader

ENEC Operations · Barakah, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

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Lead the implementation of ALARA and Health Physics standards and provide supervision throughout the planning, execution and post close-out activities, as per the regulatory requirements, operating policies and principles, nuclear standards for nuclear safety, industrial, and environmental protection, to ensure overall business performance objectives including individual dose control and dose assessment are achieved. ALARA and Health PhysicsResponsibilities and Accountabilities: • Lead the implementation of the master plan in Health Physics area to outline program goals and standards. • Provide recommendation to Radiation Safety Governance management in relation to health physics to update operation procedures and remain aligned with any changes in plant design or operation.• Lead the implementation of Radio Isotopes (RI) storage program, and the conduct of periodic leak test for RIs to ensure RIs stay within required bounds.• Lead the assessment and verification of skin dose and personal dose to ensure compliance with regulatory radiation dosage limits.• Endorse implementation of commissioning, start-up and Power Ascension Test (PAT) for RP detailed plan to ensure operational readiness.• Endorse benchmark of all BNPP operational experience and apply to learnings to other BNPP units to drive performance improvement and ensure alignment of plant operations.• Review exposure dose of radiation workers to report to Federal Authority of Nuclear Regulation (FANR) to maintain reporting compliance.• Lead the implementation of the master plan in Health Physics area to outline program goals and standards.• Lead the development and review annual reports tracking exposure goals for workers, outages and departments within the containment area to drive performance improvement with lower exposure ratings.• Review long term As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) Plan and conduct periodic reviews to manage performance improvement of the organization.• Manage ALARA Committee operation to promote long-term vision of improving ALARA standards. • Provide technical support to the team about the health physics area to support operational excellenceStaff Training and QualificationResponsibilities and Accountabilities: • Establish management expectations and communicate with department to ensure high level of safety and reliability of radiation safety.• Monitor, instruct and evaluate staff performance to develop necessary training and improve performance.• Verify training programs provide necessary technical knowledge and skills and revise as needed. • Provide training feedback on program effectiveness with evaluation to ensure quality of training programSecurity Drills and ExercisesResponsibilities and Accountabilities:• Support training-related activities associated with the planning, coordination, conduct, and evaluation of security drills and exercises in order to meet regulatory requirement.• Lead the development of general training plans as required to support training needs and deliver successful drillsOutage and Emergency Response Organization (ERO) SupportResponsibilities and Accountabilities: • Support outage and/or the emergency response organization, as assigned, to ensure safe, reliable and continued operations; this may require shift work/off hours support.Operational Planning Responsibilities and Accountabilities: • Provide input into the development of the Department’s systems and processes, as well develop, and implement the Section’s procedures, identifying opportunities for the continuous improvement of practices to increase productivity and operational efficiency. • Monitor, control and report Operational and financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to the Section, to track performance and recommend corrective or mitigating actions. • Ensure that all relative reports are prepared timely and accurately, to meet the Section’s requirements and standards.Education and Experience - • Master of Science Degree.• 7 years of relevant experience, out of which:­ 2 years of Nuclear Power Plant experience out of which:i. 3 months of BNPP site experience.ii. 6 months participation in radiation protection activities at a nuclear power plant.